Incumbents rule the day in Academy Board elections

As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences elected their Board of Governors, eight incumbents were reelected along with six other filmmakers who returned to the Board after a time away. The sole first-time governor elected is Annette Bening, representing the Actors Branch. All will serve three-year terms.

Hall’s return to the Board fills a seat left vacant when J. Paul Huntsman died earlier this year.

Fourteen of the Academy’s 15 branches are each represented by three governors, who may serve up to three consecutive three-year terms. Terms are staggered so that each branch elects or reelects one governor each year. The Makeup Branch is represented by a single governor, currently Leonard Engelman, whose seat was not part of this election cycle.